Sakhalin island arc

Sakhalin island arc

Sakhalin island arc is an ancient volcanic arc dating from the Early Miocene.cite book|last=Ivanov|first=Andrey |title=The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia|editor=Shahgedanova, Maria|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Google Books|date=March 27, 2003|series=Oxford Regional Environments|volume=3|pages=428–429|chapter=18 The Far East|isbn=978-0198233848 |url=http://books.google.co.jp/books?id=8CFiT3qbN5UC&pg=PA428&lpg=PA428&dq=sakhalin+arc&source=web&ots=6VjcSD1zqG&sig=1IUPEQJeZUM4thJ5WYGfbzJfW54&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPA428,M1|accessdate=2008-07-16|language=English] The arc was a result of the Okhotsk Plate subducting beneath the Eurasian plate in the convergence zone. The arc runs from mainland Asia through Sakhalin Island into central Hokkaido and the collision zone around the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, where the Kurile island arc and the Northeastern Japan Arc meet.

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